Deserialization of Untrusted Data in XtraReports - CVE-2021-36483
Published: February 17, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU60697
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-36483
CWE-ID: CWE-502
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to insecure input validation when processing serialized data within the SafeBinaryFormatter library. A remote user can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Affected software
XtraReports
Hospitality Cruise Fleet Management System
Oracle Hospitality Cruise Shipboard Property Management System
Hospitality Cruise Fleet Management System
Oracle Hospitality Cruise Shipboard Property Management System
How to mitigate CVE-2021-36483
Install updates from vendor's website.
XtraReports - update to 21.2.2
External References
- https://gist.github.com/tree-chtsec/27013ed6cb297b24e44f6359439b678e
- https://supportcenter.devexpress.com/ticket/details/t708194/net-web-controls-unsafe-data-type-deserialization
- https://supportcenter.devexpress.com/ticket/details/t714296/net-desktop-controls-unsafe-data-type-deserialization
- https://www.chtsecurity.com/news/a01d1bc6-19c8-4187-b343-6bc685efe64f
- https://supportcenter.devexpress.com/ticket/details/t1031535/reporting-unsafe-data-type-deserialization
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-341/